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    Steven Pinker‏Verified account @sapinker 11 Aug 2017

    "Liberals should reject the divisive politics of identity & embrace a vision of the common good"-Mark Lilla https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-liberal-crackup-1502456857 … via @WSJ

    9:13 AM - 11 Aug 2017
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      1. Bryan Simpson(blockchain product. 1/2 off)‏ @BrySimpson 12 Aug 2017
        Replying to @sapinker @WSJ

        This isn't ageing so well. #Charlottesville

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      2. Bronwyn Cross‏ @Acrosstic4 11 Aug 2017
        Replying to @sapinker @WSJ

        It's like being a privileged white male who yearns for a time when minorities knew their place, isn't "identity politics."

        3 replies 0 retweets 4 likes
      3. Elblanc0‏ @el_blanc0 11 Aug 2017
        Replying to @Acrosstic4 @sapinker @WSJ

        Or that women as Executives or in Hi-Tech are simply somehow living outside of their biological imperatives.

        2 replies 0 retweets 1 like
      4. Elblanc0‏ @el_blanc0 11 Aug 2017
        Replying to @el_blanc0 @Acrosstic4 and

        It's frankly a disgusting and scientifically unsupported argument. I don't know why Pinker has staked ground defending it.

        1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
      5. Jack_W‏ @Jack_W002 12 Aug 2017
        Replying to @el_blanc0 @Acrosstic4 and

        It's true. While there definitely are women who can succeed and thrive in tech, generally, women just aren't in to tech.

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      6. Elblanc0‏ @el_blanc0 12 Aug 2017
        Replying to @Jack_W002 @Acrosstic4 and

        Oh! I guess...argument over everyone! Go home. TypicallyLogical said it was true so...well, that's that.

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      1. MBT‏ @MbtTheMvp 12 Aug 2017
        Replying to @sapinker @WSJ

        His criticism at Black Lives Matter was really unnecessary. To go after the most vurnerable group to supposedly make a point is such crap.

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      1. Dan Killam‏ @DantheClamMan 11 Aug 2017
        Replying to @sapinker @WSJ

        pic.twitter.com/gRswyPrqfO

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      1. Michael Donelan‏ @michael_donelan 11 Aug 2017
        Replying to @sapinker @WSJ

        Identity politics is toxic and divisive. People forget that white supremacy is a form of identity politics.

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      1. Lieutenant Kijé‏ @BrianLemaire2 12 Aug 2017
        Replying to @sapinker @WSJ

        The melting pot, as explained in book about the Dutch in Manhattan: The Island at the Center of the Worldpic.twitter.com/lbULDUHoQY

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      1. DavidMc‏ @OldCyclistGA 12 Aug 2017
        Replying to @sapinker @WSJ

        Sad. All these responses to a critique of ID politics based on . . . ID politics. Like the Bible is true because the Bible says so.

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      1. Mathijs Beckers‏ @thiesbeckers 11 Aug 2017
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        That's it. Forget the special interest, return to the classical values of wanting good for all out of virtue.

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      1. "No Shit" Sherlock‏ @PunishmentHurts 11 Aug 2017
        Replying to @sapinker @WSJ

        that's pretty much the definition of "liberal." The other side better at this?

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      2. T‏ @itsTFunk666 11 Aug 2017
        Replying to @sapinker @WSJ

        I think its the only way they experienced success in getting people engaged. Motivation by appeal to selfishness. End game is everyone loses

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      3. T‏ @itsTFunk666 11 Aug 2017
        Replying to @itsTFunk666 @sapinker @WSJ

        Imo, there's only one minority worthy of lobbying for or defending. The individual. 😉

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      4. Garret Merriam‏ @SisyphusRedemed 11 Aug 2017
        Replying to @itsTFunk666 @sapinker @WSJ

        That's how courts work, not politics.

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      5. T‏ @itsTFunk666 11 Aug 2017
        Replying to @SisyphusRedemed @sapinker @WSJ

        Well if politics negate reason maybe we should change our politics?

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      6. Garret Merriam‏ @SisyphusRedemed 11 Aug 2017
        Replying to @itsTFunk666 @sapinker @WSJ

        If any postion other than yours 'negates reason' you should consider if what you're calling reason is just a preconceived conclusion.

        2 replies 0 retweets 1 like
      7. T‏ @itsTFunk666 11 Aug 2017
        Replying to @SisyphusRedemed @sapinker @WSJ

        Through the process of conjecture & refutation. I got it. For me It's just a matter of getting to the end without become a target of ad hom.

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